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Before discussing the causes, effects and cures, we want you know what actually happens during the actual hair drug test.

You will most likely experience the following during your test:

The lab collector will in chronological order:

1. Visually check your hair to ensure it is clean. Therefore, do not apply hair products such as jells, conditioners or spray,

2. Explain to you the hair drug testing procedures, step by step,

3. Clean the scissors in front of you with an alcohol sanitizer to prove that the scissors are completely clean,

4. Take three hair samples from different parts of the back of your head,

5. Cut 1.5 inches of your hair that were closest to your scalp,

6. Puts the hair samples in a sealed envelope, and

7. Sends the samples to the hair drug testing lab.

Please watch the following very informative video showing how the drug test is actually performed.

Youtube video published by ExperTox.

There are several drug testing laboratories in the States. One of the biggest and most famous is Quest Diagnostic. Quest Diagnostic has collection centers in more than 100 counties.

Providing outstandingly fast service to its clients, Quest Diagnostic typically reports negative results to the client within 24 hours since the hair sample is received. Positive results are usually confirmed, reviewed and reported within 48-72 hours.

1. What causes drug metabolites including THC to get into your hair?

The main cause of drug metabolites containing THC getting into your hair is drug consumption through the inhaling, digesting and/or injecting of marijuana.

When you smoke marijuana, for example, you inhale smoke containing THC that moves in and out of your lungs. The drug passes into your blood and is carried throughout your body.

If you consume food laced with marijuana such as cookies, the drug goes into your digestive system. The drug substances pass through the walls of your stomach into your blood system and are carried to your heart where they are pumped throughout your body.

Drug metabolites, including THC, are carried through your blood vessels and deposited in hair follicles. As the hair follicles generate the hair strand, the drug metabolites deposited in the hair follicles grow into the cortex.

2. How does drug consumption affect your hair?

The hair follicles are part of your scalp in which your hair grows. Drugs pass into the hair cortex two ways: from the blood stream and from sweat glands to hair follicles.

The hair shaft is comprised of three layers: cuticle, cortex, and medulla. The cuticle is a hard shingle-like layer of overlapping cells, from five to twelve layers deep.

The role of the cuticle is to protect the cortex.

The cortex forms the center of the hair strand and consists of the bulk of the hair. As the drug metabolites grow into the hair strand, they become incorporated in the cortex as well.

It is imperative to note that the drug metabolites do not rest in the center of the cortex. When deposited in the thickly packed cortex they are pushed to the outer edge of the cortex by the proteins and pigments.

This is why it is possible to detox the cortex from the metabolites using different methods without completely damaging the hair strand.

In order for a cleanser to gain access to the cortex, the cuticle must first be opened to enable penetration.

The main goal for the hair cleaning process is to get through the cuticle in order to detox the cortex from the metabolites.

Out of desperation, marijuana users invented several effective hair detoxing methods with different home remedies and hair products.

3. What “cures” for your hair can you find on the market to pass a hair drug test?

Following are the three most popular effective methods on the market for passing a hair drug test:

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